Norwich Society Talk
10.30am-12pm : The Auditorium
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The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, NR2 1TF
Manufacturing and Marketing Norwich Textiles in the Late Eighteenth Century with Michael Nix
This talk, based on aspects of the book, will firstly explore the manufacturing processes and machines involved in the making of Norwich textiles in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries – from wool-combing, to yarn-making, to dyeing, to weaving, and to the lesser-known techniques of singeing, calendering and glazing. The second part of the talk will assess the importance of pattern books and pattern cards in marketing fabrics overseas and the distribution of textiles throughout Europe, the Americas and China.
£8.00 non-members / £4.00 members
Dr Michael Nix is a maritime and textile historian whose book Norwich Textiles A Global Story 1750-1840 won the History and Tradition category, East Anglian Book Awards, 2023.